[ClumsyPilot]

"without software support, their smart devices weren't useful to users either."

Therefore, logically, Apple should be the one paying app developers 30% of their revenue. Witout them iPhone would be an overpriced paperweight.

[emodendroket]

The relationship is symbiotic. iPhones need your apps to stay relevant, and developers need access to the iPhone ecosystem to be able to reach anybody.

[ClumsyPilot]

Sure, but Apple has the power, and money follows power.

[dwaite]

Apple pays developers 70% of their revenue. Thats where the developer revenue comes from.

[ClumsyPilot]

Unless developers get money from iPhone sales, this statemet has tenuous relationship with reality